Funeral in Berlin
Seen it?1966 | 102 min | Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a lukewarm 6.4 out of 10 from audiences, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved The Bourne Supremacy, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 42 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1966: an older pace and style.
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
60% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
6.4 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 93K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Guy Hamilton
- Michael CaineHarry Palmer
- Paul HubschmidJohnnie Vulkan
- Oskar HomolkaColonel Stok
- Eva RenziSamantha Steel
- Guy DolemanRoss
- Hugh BurdenHallam
- Heinz SchubertAaron Levine
- Wolfgang VölzWerner
- Thomas HoltzmannReinhardt
- Günter MeisnerKreutzman